Alaska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area pays $1,139 a year, an effective rate of 0.51%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,139
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.51%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -43%
- vs U.S. average
- #20 of 28
- rank in AK
The verdict
Homeowners in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area pay a median $1,139 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.51%, more affordable than 83% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,139
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.51%
- Effective rate on median home
- #536 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -43%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($225,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alaska. Population: 5,715. Owner-occupied homes: 1,707.
The median annual property tax in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area is $1,139, which is 71% lower than the Alaska state average and 43% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.51% on a median home value of $225,300. Property taxes represent 1.9% of the median household income in this county.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's 0.51% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 83%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area pay a median annual property tax of $1,139, well below the national median and far below the Alaska state median. On a $225,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.51% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $61,156 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Alaska counties by effective rate
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area ranks #20 of 28 counties in Alaska by effective rate (29% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 9.2%, from $1,043 to $1,139. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 48% from $771 to $1,139. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The largest single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 1,375 of 1,707 homes (80.6%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 1.9% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
What Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area homeowners are not billed at all: 1,375 of 1,707 owner-occupied homes (80.6%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 7.3% (124)
- $800 to $1,499 5.8% (99)
- $1,500 to $1,999 2.1% (36)
- $2,000 to $2,999 2.4% (41)
- $3,000 or more 1.9% (32)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,375 homes here (80.6%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Alaska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area pay more than double the bill of those without one (+224%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's effective rate is higher than 29% of the 28 counties in Alaska - ranking #20 of 28.
Where Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.51% Among the most affordable more affordable than 83% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area moved from $771 in the 2020 release to $1,139 in 2024, a change of about 48%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | Alaska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Below-median income burden | 1.9% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Alaska counties.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,139 +9.2% | 0.51% |
| 2023 | $1,043 +3.2% | 0.47% |
| 2022 | $1,011 +17.0% | 0.46% |
| 2021 | $864 +12.1% | 0.45% |
| 2020 | $771 | 0.40% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: tax takes only 1.9% of income
Counties near Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's effective rate
On effective rate, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area sits nearest Gila County (AZ), Carroll County (AR), Cross County (AR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Lewis County (TN), Archuleta County (CO), Vermilion Parish (LA).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area: only 1% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 20 of 2,200 returns from Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,200 - 100% of those reporters sat in the $50-75k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area rate FAQs
- How does Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.51% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska?
- The median annual property tax in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area is $1,139, an effective rate of 0.51% on a $225,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- Are property taxes increasing in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area is recorded at $1,139 in the 2024 5-year release against $771 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 1,707 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What is the tax affordability score for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area?
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska scores C+ (60/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is rate relief at A- (0.51%). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area?
- Property taxes in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.9% of the $61,156 median household income.
What to do with Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's QUIET rate
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's $1,139 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 1.9% of Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's $61,156 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's QUIET effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.51%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,139/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Tipton County, IN
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area at $1,139/yr; rate 0.65% vs Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 0.51%.
Trimble County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area at $1,139/yr; rate 0.66% vs Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 0.51%.
Caswell County, NC
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,140/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.69% vs Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 0.51%.
Fayette County, TN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,140/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.33% vs Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 0.51%.
Haskell County (rate-lane contrast)
Near Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area on ACS median bill yet stamps a different effective-rate lane (1.16% vs 0.51%).
Alaska county set
State ACS overview for every published Alaska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area stamps QUIET · LIGHT - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.